DIY Witch Softie made from interior mattress foam, fabric, stockings, paint and wool.
Must be the season of the witch…
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Schrödinger’s cat
Curiosity killed the cat… some of the time.
Back in 1935, there was a widely accepted theory amongst physicists when it came to teeny, tiny things not visible to the eye. They agreed that since you can’t see them, it’s possible they could be in state x or state y, so let’s say they’re both, in two states at the one time (the Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum mechanics).
An Austrian physicist called Erwin Schrodinger thought this to be reductio ad absurdum (absolutely whack). He put the theory to life size terms to illustrate his point, this became known as Schrodinger’s cat. The thought experiment goes; What happens when you put a cat in a box with a vial of poison and a trigger. How does kitty fare?
According to the accepted thought at the time, since you can’t see the cat, either possibility is valid, cat is both dead AND alive. When you open the lid reality collapses to one possibility or the other. Until that moment, it’s undead kitty.
This led to all sorts of other theories about parallel possible realities… but that’s another story altogether!
DIY UNDEAD CATS
Zombie Cat Straw Toppers
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DIY Christmas Gift Wrap
Butchers paper. Not just a cheap and sturdy paper to wrap your chops in, but another way to add a little ‘thrift’ to your Christmas cheer. You Kris Kringlers thought you invented tight, but at $4 a roll, butchers paper is mighty cheap.
Other benefits include setting realistic expectations. Fancy wrapping makes for fancy expectations. How often have you opened a fancy little box, gently peeled back the soft white tissue paper, only to find bath bombs? Really. All that packaging for dissolvable soap.
Imagine how your family members will feel as they rip their way through that waxy, tough butchers paper to see a pair of practical black work socks await. Meets expectation, no?
So consider this, next time you have handkerchiefs, candles and/ or ill fitting synthetic garments to wrap, go directly to your kitchen, pull out that roll of butchers paper and wrap away! And in the spirit of Christmas, you may even want to personalize your wrapping paper; all you need are sponge cleaning cloths, toilet rolls and paint.
To keep it a little rustic looking (always thinking to set expectations), small children are good for this. Get them to do the painting and watch your gift wrap turn into a schmozzle of fingerprints and rolling holly. ho! ho!
DIY Christmas Wrapping Paper
DIY Christmas Gift Tags.
Leather, Felt & Metallic Leaves.
Mermaids
Mermaids, unicorns, knights and dragons, pewter plates, smelly people and a world that’s flat…welcome to the Dark Ages! Mermaid legends were rampant then, sight sworn by more than the odd sailor, believed to be beautiful and dangerous, much like the high seas.
A Mermaid Feeding Her Young 1520-40, Workshop of Romano, Royal Collection, London.
In 1493, during his first voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus noted in his journal a mermaid sighting:
‘The day before, when the Admiral was going to the Rio del Oro, he said he saw three mermaids who came quite high out of the water but were not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the face they look like men.’
Not exactly the hair brushing, mirror toting dames of Disney!
Shakespeare wrote of mermaids in ‘Midsummer Nights Dream.’
‘Thou rememberest
Since once I sat upon a promontory,
And heard a mermaid on a Dolphin’s back
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,
That the rude sea grew civil at her song;
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres,
To hear the sea-maid’s music.’
It’s believed he was having a go at Mary Queen of Scots!
Here are my Sirens of the Sea, bewitching sailors to their underwater world.
Mermaid wrapping paper made with acrylic paints, bubble wrap and thumb prints. Anchor made with apple core.
Hello Sailor gift wrapped …
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